The Turkic people in Afghanistan are
Turkic people from modern day
Afghanistan. The major ethnicities are the
Qizilbash,
Uzbeks,
Kyrgyz Kyrgyz, Kirghiz or Kyrgyzstani may refer to:
* Someone or something related to Kyrgyzstan
*Kyrgyz people
*Kyrgyz national games
*Kyrgyz language
*Kyrgyz culture
*Kyrgyz cuisine
*Yenisei Kirghiz
*The Fuyü Gïrgïs language in Northeastern China
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,
Turkmens and
Hazaras. The Qizilbash came to Afghanistan during the
Afsharid and
Durrani rule in Afghanistan and since they worked at high government jobs, but also made up parts of the army, especially when
Timur Shah Durrani wanted to get rid of the dependency on Pashtun tribes and expanded his army by 12.000 Qizilbash soldier.
Zaman Shah Durranis cavalry consisted of 100.000 men, who were mostly Qizilbashs. Today they live in big cities like
Kabul,
Mazar e Sharif
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and
Kandahar. Currently they speak mainly
Persian as their language, however in some regions, as in Kandahar, they also speak
Pashto. They speak the same language as their ethnic equivalents in
Central Asia. In addition to that the
Kyrgyz people
The Kyrgyz people (also spelled Kyrghyz, Kirgiz, and Kirghiz; ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is the nation state of the Kyrgyz people and significant diaspora can be found in China, Russia, and Uzbekistan. ...
settle the
Wakhan Corridor of
Afghanistan and are really isolated there. The number of them was 1,130 in 2003, all from eastern
Wakhan District in the
Badakhshan Province of northeastern Afghanistan.
[ ] They still lead a nomadic lifestyle and are led by a ''
khan
Khan may refer to:
*Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan
*Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...
'' or ''
tekin.'' Some economic ties exist between Turkey and
Uzbek people in Northern-Afghanistan and there are Turkish police trainers in
Maidan Wardak, in the east of the country.
See also
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Turkic history
Turkic history is the history of Turkic peoples. The Göktürks were the first state established under the name of Turk.
Origins
Turks were an important political identity of Eurasia. They first appeared at Inner Eurasian steppes and migrate ...
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References
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History of the Turkic peoples
Ethnic groups in Afghanistan